The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Thomas Stokes, 19, of Bethel, was traveling westbound on Ohio 125 just east of Ohio 132 when he veered off the right side of the roadway and struck a telephone pole just before 2:30 a.m.

Stokes and a female passenger were airlifted to UC Medical Center, while another female passenger was taken to Children's Hospital by ambulance. Another man in the car was not hurt.